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  • World Industry News

  • Exploration & Discoveries

  • Drilling & Completion

  • Development & Production

  • Licensing & Concessions
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  • Geosciences

  • Health Safety & Environment

  • Company News

  • Oil & Gas Prices

  • Events
    •   World Industry News
    (5/1/2006) Southern Iraqi oil pipeline fire extinguished
    (5/1/2006) Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline to proceed
    (5/1/2006) Bolivia nationalizes oil and gas industry
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (5/3/2006) Owanare exploration well taps pay off Nigeria
    (5/3/2006) Berry scores 2 producers & 2 dry holes at Coyote Flats
    (5/3/2006) Total makes significant Algeria gas discovery
    (5/2/2006) Origin scores gas discovery in Queensland's Surat Basin
    (5/2/2006) First Calgary successfully tests Algerian appraisal
    (5/2/2006) Lundin gearing up for southern Sudan exploration
    (5/2/2006) Brigham makes South Louisiana Bayou Postillion discovery
    (5/1/2006) Thai Gulf Jasmine-14A drilled to TD in oil sands
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (5/1/2006) Slimhole drilling & evaluation solution honored
    (5/1/2006) New wireline sampling technology revealed
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (5/3/2006) Petro-Canada restarts Terra Nova output
    (5/3/2006) Caspian Sea's Shah Deniz TPG 500 platform installed
    (5/3/2006) Inpex preparing to develop Western Oz Ichthys Field
    (5/3/2006) AED encounters oil in Puffin-7 Timor Sea well
    (5/3/2006) PTTEP puts back Arthit gasfield production to 2008
    (5/2/2006) Cavendish platform load out in The Netherlands
    (5/1/2006) Pemex puts Mexican Gulf Lobina Field onstream
    (5/1/2006) Another producer at Australia's Bass Strait Basker-Manta
    (5/1/2006) Maracaibo heavy oil field set for output boost
    (5/1/2006) Western Australia's Cliff Head Field goes on production
    (5/1/2006) West Africa driving subsea sector success - Infield
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (5/3/2006) Hunt awarded E&P contract for Peru's Block 76
    (5/3/2006) Kerr-McGee withdrawing from Western Sahara
    (5/3/2006) Whittier spending $32 million for 18.9 bcfe fields
    (5/2/2006) Hellenic awarded Egypt's West Obayed Concession
    (5/2/2006) MMS willing to discuss sharing oil & gas revenues
    (5/2/2006) Devon acquiring Chief's Barnett Shale assets
    (5/2/2006) Egypt grants Europa Oil & Gas exploration concession
    (5/1/2006) Tanzania awards Dominion UK exploration rights
    (5/1/2006) US MMS asks for input for future US Gulf sales
    (5/1/2006) Afghanistan to launch exploration licensing
    (5/1/2006) Horizon prepping for farmout of China offshore block
    (5/1/2006) Cano completes buy of $24 million Texas Panhandle Field
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (5/3/2006) Veritas deploys first Sercel 428XL system in North America
    (5/2/2006) Index joining ADC in seismic reprocessing & exploration
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (5/1/2006) Spill from BHP's Lennox platform in Irish Sea hits beach
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (5/3/2006) Prosafe acquires 48% of Consafe Offshore
    (5/3/2006) Halliburton adds rotary vacuum dryer technology
    (5/3/2006) Chevron contracting SBM conversion for Frade FPSO
    (5/3/2006) MAN Ferrostaal set to service offshore West Africa
    (5/3/2006) Azura launches new, lighter subsea tree
    (5/3/2006) University collaboration to improve recovery
    (5/3/2006) Nexans wins HHI cable supply for Akpo FPSO
    (5/3/2006) Keppel FELS contracted for deepwater semisub upgrades
    (5/2/2006) Santos contracts Global & Radiant Utama for Maleo MOPU
    (5/2/2006) SPS Overlay picked for drilling rig's pontoon protection
    (5/2/2006) Aker Kvaerner awarded advanced umbilicals for deepwater Q
    (5/1/2006) Petromin tags PTLP for Indonesia CBM drilling
    (5/1/2006) Chevron contracts Mustang for Tahiti platform project
    (5/1/2006) Nigerian union bracing for dispute with ExxonMobil
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Wed. 5/3
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 67.00
    0.0%
    Minas 71.92
    +0.6%
    Bonny Light 74.45
    +0.1%
    N. Sea Brent 74.57
    +1.9%
    Forties 74.15
    +1.6%
    Urals/Mediterranean 68.05
    +2.1%
    Alaska N. Slope 71.87
    +2.5%
    W. Texas Intermediate 75.17
    +2.0%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 7.75
    -2.1%
    UK Day Ahead** 38.50
    -1.3%
    *US$ per MMBTUs
    **UK pence per therm
    All prices are indicative only. OGI accepts no responsibility for their accuracy.
    Price Details & Analysis
      Industry Events
    May 4
    PSA Well Safety Seminar, Stavanger, Norway
    May 7-10
    APPEA Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Assoc Conference & Exhibition, Gold Coast, Australia
    May 9-11
    Arab International Exhibition & Conference for Gas & Petroleum, Cairo, Egypt
    May 10-11
    NACE Internal Corrosion Seminar, Houston, Texas USA
    May 15-18
    SPE Gas Technology Symposium, Calgary, Canada
    May 15-18
    Geological Association of Canada Annual Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
    May 16-18
    Uzbekistan International Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibition, Tashkent Uzbekistan
    May 17-19
    World GTL Summit, London, UK
    ...More Events

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